This study examined intimate partner aggravated assaults in 227 counties in Tennessee and Virginia. The authors noted that" [s]pecifically, the current study presents a descriptive picture of intimate partner violence from a police perspective, and investigates the relationship between structural-level factors and the criminal offense intimate partner aggravated assault....Concentrated disadvantage, immigrant concentration, and urbanity were all significantly associated with intimate partner assaults in the expected directions [greater frequency]."

Criminal Justice Studies is a quarterly journal that publishes theoretical, empirical and interpretive studies of crime and criminal justice, with a focus on multi-disciplinary research